Agoda connects to 800 Chinese Hotels via DerbySoft

Agoda, an online travel company specializing in hotel bookings in Asia, has partnered with DerbySoft, a company that provides connectivity solutions to hotels and travel agents across the world. DerbySoft’s technology helps hotels distribute last minute inventory and prices updated in real time to preferred suppliers.

Founded in Shanghai in 2002, DerbySoft’s DSwitch is in use at many premier properties throughout China, including independent hotels such as the Jianguo Hotel in Beijing, Hong Qiao State Guest Hotel in Shanghai, Tianlun International Hotel in Guangzhou, Grand View Hotel in Shenzhen. Also, chains such as InterContinental Hotels Group, Hilton, Jinling Hotel Group, BTG-NIKKO Hotels which operate properties such as Jinlun Hotel in Beijing, use the DSwtich to distribute their inventory.

Hotel properties are increasingly using such technology to better automate the distribution process. “We are pleased to connect with merchants like Agoda Company via DerbySoft, so that bookings, prices and availability can be managed seamlessly and in real time, increasing our operating efficiencies,” explained Sun Xiuhua General Manager from Skyfortune Boutique Hotel in Shanghai.

For Agoda, the increase in inventory comes at a critical time. "China’s emergence as a top tourist and business destination in Asia is even more evident in the build up to the Beijing Olympics,” said Wilfred Fan, Agoda’s Vice President, Business Development. “Access to this platform will give us inventory to China’s most desirable locations when they are most in demand.”

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